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I have been wanting to try making candied bacon ever since I first came across the idea a long while ago. Candied bacon is essentially bacon that is coated in brown sugar and then baked until the brown sugar has melted, wrapping the salty bacon in its sweet embrace. Of course I immediatly thought of trying a maple version and I knew that both versions would be great. When I was in scouts when I was a kid, we always used to make pancakes with bacon at least once every time we went camping. When you've got a plate full of pancakes all covered in maple syrup it's kind of hard to keep the bacon from getting syrup on it and the combo is really good! That got us to thinking and the next time we made pancakes with bacon we sped things up a bit by adding the maple syrup to the pan while the bacon was frying and the results were so good! It's hard to go wrong with salty bacon covered in sweet, slightly caramelized maple syrup!

When the bacon is the star of the show like in this candied bacon, it's time to get the good stuff, a nice thick cut of bacon fresh from the butcher rather than the shrink wrapped grocery store variety. Since I could not decide whether to go with the brown sugar version or the maple syrup version I just decided to go with both and I made half with each. The candied bacon was super easy to make and the results were nothing short of amazing! The crispy and salty bacon went so well all covered in the caramelized sweetness! I am looking forward to making this again and again! I was thinking that you could also experiment with adding other flavours such mixing some mustard in with the maple syrup.

Candied Bacon

Servings: 4

ingredients

1 pound thick bacon

1/2 cup brown sugar (or maple syrup)

directions

Line a baking sheet with foil and set a cooling rack in it.

Spread the bacon out over the cooling rack.

Rub the brown sugar onto the bacon.

Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the bacon reaches the desired crispiness, about 15-20 minutes.

Ah I LOVE candied bacon! Growing up my family went on a lot of camp-outs, and one lady would always bring along some candied bacon for everyone to munch on around the camp fire :] Yum, I need to make some for old time's sake- Thanks for bringing back the memories!

Wow. This sounds incredible. I've never heard of it before. But I think this is definitely something I need to try in my lifetime. I love sweet and salty and can you get any sweet/salty-er than candied bacon? Probably not.

I started making this last year for special breakfasts and my sons love it. We were also at the award winning "Beast" last summer in Portland, Oregon and they served a strip of candied bacon dipped in chocolate, as a treat when they gave you your bill. It was incredible!

Jim-49 saidI said Kevins sorta like me,slow on somethings,but sooner or later,we'll rock the boat!!"LOL"!! Its sorta hard to find anything on a pig,thats not good.I've been waiting to make this,got a friend with a slaughter house,and he makes some of the best smoked meat(no liquid or fake adds),and its getting time to make the trip,about 150 miles round trip.Looks Great!!

well the 'big thing' at this year's state fair was chocolate covered bacon and it was delicious and I am not a chocolate eater. The chocolate needs to be a thin coating though because what I had was almost more chocolate than bacon. I like to taste the salty bacon flavor equally with the chocolate. They served it frozen btw. I am going to try your recipe

Ahh, so you just rub the the sugar into the bacon? I've always put the sugar in a bowl and added a bit of liquid to it before spreading it over the bacon.. The advantage of that is that you can create a nice wee flavour combination by using, for example, whisky - just a tbsp per 100g of sugar or so.

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